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Ortenaukreis
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State: Baden-Württemberg
Capital: Offenburg
Adm. Region: Freiburg
Area: 1,860.74 km²
Inhabitants: 412,184 (2002)
pop. density: 222 inh./km²
Car identification: OG
Homepage: http://www.ortenaukreis.de
Map
Map of Baden-Württemberg highlighting the district Ortenaukreis

Ortenaukreis is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (clockwise from north) Rastatt, Freudenstadt, Rottweil, Schwarzwald-Baar and Emmendingen. To the west it borders the French Bas-Rhin département. Germany is a federation of 16 states commonly called Länder (singular Land, which may be translated as country) or officially Bundesländer (singular Bundesland, German federal state). ... With an area of 35,742 km² and 10. ... Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Freiburg is one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the south-west of the country. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Image File history File links Map of Baden-Wuerttemberg highlighting the Ortenaukreis Based on the templates at Wikipedia:WikiProject German districts/Maptemplates File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... With an area of 35,742 km² and 10. ... Rastatt is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Freudenstadt is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Rottweil is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Schwarzwald-Baar is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Emmendingen is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... History The département was created on March 4, 1790, during the French Revolution. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ...

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History

The district was created in 1973 by merging the districts Kehl, Lahr, Offenburg, Wolfach and the southern part of the district Bühl. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...


Geography

The western part of the district is located in the upper Rhine valley, the east is part of the northern Black Forest. The highest elevation of the district, the Hornisgrinde (1164m), is located in the north-east of the district. The lowest elevation (124.3m) is in the Rhine valley to the north. The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in Graubünden in Switzerland Length 1,320 km Elevation of the source Vorderrhein: approx. ... A map of Germany, showing the Black Forest in red. ... The Hornisgrinde, 1164 m (3820 ft), is the highest mountain in the Northern Black Forest of Germany. ...


Partnerships

The district has a friendship with the Altenburger Land district in Thuringia. Offenburg district already had a city partnership with Altenburg so, after German reunification in 1990, Ortenaukreis chose to help modernize the Altenburger Land administration to the west German standard. Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. ... The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq. ... Altenburg is a town in the German Bundesland of Thuringia. ... German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR - in English often called East Germany) were incorporated into The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (FRG). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


France and Germany are negotiating the creation of a Eurodistrict straddling the Rhine and combining Ortenaukreis and Greater Strasbourg, with an overall population of 860,000. The French and German governments are currently discussing the creation of a commonly administered region incorporating Greater Strasbourg/Straßburg (a formerly German city) and the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg. ... City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Area 78. ...


Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms is identical with that of the former Offenburg, and is based on the coat of arms of the Ortenau canton of the League of Imperial Knights. It shows an imperial eagle with two heads, which also stands for the free imperial cities of Offenburg, Gengenbach and Zell. In an escutcheon on the breast of the eagle is the patron Saint George, depicted killing the dragon.

Image File history File links Coat of arms of the Ortenaukreis File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For alternate uses, see Saint George (disambiguation) Saint George (c. ...

Towns and municipalities

Towns Verwaltungsgemeinschaften Municipalities
  1. Achern
  2. Ettenheim
  3. Gengenbach
  4. Haslach (Kinzigtal)
  5. Hausach
  6. Hornberg
  7. Kehl
  8. Lahr (Schwarzwald)
  9. Mahlberg
  10. Oberkirch
  11. Offenburg
  12. Oppenau
  13. Renchen
  14. Rheinau
  15. Wolfach
  16. Zell (Harmersbach)
  1. Achern
  2. Ettenheim
  3. Gengenbach
  4. Haslach
  5. Hausach
  6. Kappelrodeck
  7. Lahr
  8. Oberes Renchtal
  9. Oberkirch
  10. Offenburg
  11. Seelbach
  12. Schwanau
  13. Wolfach
  14. Zell
  1. Appenweier
  2. Bad Peterstal-Griesbach
  3. Berghaupten
  4. Biberach (Lahr)
  5. Durbach
  6. Fischerbach
  7. Friesenheim
  8. Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn)
  9. Hofstetten
  10. Hohberg
  11. Kappel-Grafenhausen
  12. Kappelrodeck
  13. Kippenheim
  14. Lauf
  15. Lautenbach
  16. Meißenheim
  17. Mühlenbach
  18. Neuried
  1. Nordrach
  2. Oberharmersbach
  3. Oberwolfach
  4. Ohlsbach
  5. Ortenberg
  6. Ottenhöfen (Schwarzwald)
  7. Ringsheim
  8. Rust (Baden)
  9. Sasbach
  10. Sasbachwalden
  11. Schuttertal
  12. Schutterwald
  13. Schwanau
  14. Seebach
  15. Seelbach
  16. Steinach
  17. Willstätt

An Amt (plural Ämter) is an administrative unit, which is unique to the German Bundesländer (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. ... Gengenbach is a town in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on the western edge of the Black Forest with about 11000 inhabitants. ... Haslach is a small city in south-west Germany, in the district Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg. ... Kehl is a town in southwestern Germany in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg. ... Lahr is a city in southern Germany between Freiburg and Strasbourg in the Rhine river valley, at 48 deg, 21 min N, 7 deg, 52 min E. Lahr is the birthplace of Felix Wankel, inventor of the Wankel rotary combustion engine. ... Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... . Wolfach is a city in the Black forest and part of the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). ... Zell can refer to: Zell in the canton of Zürich Zell in the canton of Lucerne Zell Dincht, a fictional character in Final Fantasy VIII This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

External links

  • Official website (German)


Rural and urban districts in Baden-Württemberg Flag of Baden-Württemberg. ... With an area of 35,742 km² and 10. ...

Alb-Donau | Baden-Baden | Biberach | Bodenseekreis | Böblingen | Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | Calw | Constance | Emmendingen | Enzkreis | Esslingen | Freiburg | Freudenstadt | Göppingen | Heidelberg | Heidenheim | Heilbronn (city) | Heilbronn (district) | Hohenlohekreis | Karlsruhe (city) | Karlsruhe (district) | Lörrach | Ludwigsburg | Main-Tauber | Mannheim | Neckar-Odenwald | Ortenaukreis | Ostalbkreis | Pforzheim | Rastatt | Ravensburg | Rems-Murr | Reutlingen | Rhein-Neckar | Rottweil | Schwarzwald-Baar | Schwäbisch Hall | Sigmaringen | Stuttgart | Tuttlingen | Tübingen | Ulm | Waldshut | Zollernalbkreis
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Ortenaukreis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (332 words)
Ortenaukreis is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
France and Germany are negotiating the creation of a Eurodistrict straddling the Rhine and combining Ortenaukreis and Greater Strasbourg, with an overall population of 860,000.
The coat of arms is identical with that of the former Offenburg, and is based on the coat of arms of the Ortenau canton of the League of Imperial Knights.
Ortenaukreis - Wikipedia (1579 words)
Der Ortenaukreis ist gemessen an seiner Fläche der größte Landkreis in Baden-Württemberg.
Der Ortenaukreis ist stark ländlich geprägt, insbesondere der Anbau von Obst und Wein (bekannteste Weinorte: Durbach, Sasbachwalden, Kappelrodeck, Waldulm und Oberkirch) sowie in den Schwarzwaldtälern die Forstwirtschaft prägen die Region, in der dank des vorteilhaften Klimas und des fruchtbaren Bodens auch noch relativ viele landwirtschaftliche Klein- und Nebenerwerbsbetriebe bestehen.
Der Ortenaukreis ist Träger der fünf Kreiskrankenhäuser Achern, Oberkirch, Ettenheim, Wolfach und Kehl sowie der Kliniken Lahr/Schwarzwald und Offenburg, die jeweils als Eigenbetrieb des Landkreises geführt werden.
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